It's possible to think that putting these restrictions on Ajit Pai's connectivity on a permanent basis would be a bad thing and still think that putting them in place on a temporary basis is reasonable political activism.

The damage of doing so is extremely limited, while the damage he is proposing to do to the entire US is far more extensive.

I agree with you it's problematic that Cloudflare's CEO has this power. But the solution to that is not to complain that he has this power, but to make sure the rules prevent him exercising them...

Enforcing net neutrality would be a start.